Building up Speaking of real estate, housing starts are up in B.C.-despite that not being the case elsewhere in Canada.

Montanaro says foreign buyers in Montreal have different motives than those in Vancouver. “You’ve got to have the subtlety to know if a local address is in fact standing in for what is a foreign capital purchase”.

“This province will probably have a lot to do with choosing who is the next prime minister of Canada”, said Harper.

The announcement hones in on fears in Vancouver that foreign money – mostly from mainland China – is driving rapidly rising housing prices, fueling calls for the government to track worldwide buyers and impose restrictions.

Pollster Nik Nanos said the cost issue alone was unlikely to drive votes, but it could have a cumulative effect if voters also disagree over Harper’s economic claims.

On that score, he says, Harper’s data-collection pitch is on to something. He noted such collection is also a provincial responsibility. “I think it is actually a tragedy”.

“Certainly not all first-time buyers have those funds invested in RRSPs, simply because they are typically younger and to buy a house to begin with, they’ve probably had to save up a significant amount on their own”.

In making his campaign promise earlier this week, Harper said declared zones would be designated regions within foreign countries, where listed terrorist entities such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are engaged in hostile activities, and are recruiting and training followers.

After the numerous rumours and questioning of when the next federal election will be… it can all finally be put to rest as politicians are officially on the campaign trail.

That’s what every political leader has ever said who wants to appeal to the anxious, the ill-informed and the frightened, and bypass the creative, the competent, and the frustrated.

“This is a process that’s been going on since Expo 86”, he said.

As he fights for re-election, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is once again trying to position himself as a crusader in the war on drugs – and cast his opponents as naive about the risks of liberal drug policies.

The average price of a detached home in Vancouver – the country’s most expensive market – is more than $1 million (£640,000). It is great news, especially for people like me in research.

That’s amusing, because I was on Saltspring Island, heartland for the Greenies, the day the writ was dropped and the “Vote May” signs were up all over the island within minutes of Governor General David Johnston dissolving Parliament and ordering the election.

In a surprise campaign vow, Conservative leader echoes NDP, Vision Vancouver.

By some estimates, as many as 15 percent of the condos in Vancouver sit empty.